Leptocephalus taenia; Print; The bandtooth conger (Ariosoma balearicum); also known as the Baleares conger or the Balearic conger; is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Fran鏾is 蓆ienne Delaroche in 1809; originally under the genus Muraena. It is a subtropical; marine eel which is known from the western and eastern Atlantic and the western Indian Ocean; including North Carolina; USA; the northern Gulf of Mexico; northern South America; Canada; Portugal; Angola; the Mediterranean; and the Red Sea. It inhabits reefs and littoral shelves; and burrows into sand and mud. It dwells at a depth range of 1-732 metres; but most frequently between 20-100 m. Males can reach a maximum total length of 35 centimetres; but more commonly reach a TL of 25 cm.; 1864